The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-12-24
A DAY IN GLOUCESTER.
A VISIT TO THE GREATEST or
AMERICAS FISHING PORTS.

A Quaint Old Massachusetts, Town, where
Men Are Hard Workers and Women Are
Handsome. Straight and Strong-rhe
Foreign Element.
While a city Of score or more thou
sand inhabitants, old Gloucester struggles
and scatters over her crags and hills de-
lightful'y. No American city have ever
visited possesses 50 many pretty spots
made by angles, curves and sudden turns
of streets All these pleasant confluence,
or deviations of thoroughfares give char
acterful groupings Of homes or shops. and
each pleasant place is a coy little neigh
bOrhood OF itself One long. sinuous
street trails here and there through the
town half way up the ragged rocks that
skirt the bay. Little streets and lanes
pop into this from the bluffs above OF
Jump or abruptly TO the wharyes below
in the most unexpected fashion. ON the
one side are the square mansions OF the
olden families, standing stufdily under
gambrcl roofs and tremendous chimncys,
and looking out upon those rows of noble
elms which are the glory of all New Eng
land towns. On the other every manner
Of Olden or later conceivable vocation
which suggests of the sea is piled ia nar-
row lane compact little court, or in the
Suggest Of quarters alongside the slips
and wharyes
rae WHOLE POPULATION
Bu; in this one long and crooked
thoroughfare the whole population.
fisher folk, shop folk, factory folk and
good folk, all can be seen IN days time
Il Is the life artery TO old Gloucester.
Wherever else any Of her affairs may
originate they here receive their final dis
clssiOn and settlement You could ship
score Of crews for The banSs borrow
E.illi0u Of dollars build dozen vessels,
bargain for the whole output Of American
dsh arrange all affairs Of municipal poll
ties or settle the local requirements Of re-
LYON and sociciyin tou minutes here. II
+. tAc halto Of the quaint old seaport
a "A the muscle, brightness and merry
familiarity of fishermen and landsmen,
rich folk and common folk give delight
fu pictures not often found for study in
our own country. Then. too. there is t
r.ddmoss aud heartiness ia the faces o.
these people, all Of whom live beside or
upon the sea, which is rare and hotc-
worihys
IJ may not be so, but ! half imagine
tlnt due rugged, hearty lives which have
come ont Of centuries of cCutentcd toiiing
upon and beside the sea are given mold
fud tyDe OF their own. Ia amy event ia
30 other American city can yon find
physically such splendid men and women
There is q tree. ample grace in every
no-ement and pose of these uulcttcred
meu that should win The artist here. And
nowhere IN any land are there such types
oe form and feature rs may be seen In
thousands Of these Gloucester maiuens
Glowing eyed, straight witty. elastic ia
step elltod ia carriage, perfect in form
nud with faces radiant ia light and color
nOf TO Normandy. Vuscanyo or Seville need
painters % for types or inspiration, when
in unknown Old Gloucester such witching
inldcns dwell.
Tine fishermen OF Gloucester are noble
class OF men / know something OF the
ways and character of those Of Norway
Yarmouth Holland, Biscay and those Of
Cuba. the bahamas and our own Key
West All these as 2 whole are far more
picturesque. but are o. sad and sodden lot,
slaves 10 their toll. thsig gupcriors and 10
sl0th and drunkenness. but az Glouces-
ter il is different You cannot find the
world over The same nimDer OK men en-
gagged Ia any aFduous and daring yoca-
tiou So thoroughly men from birth 10
death
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